Guitar Hero World Tour

According to this USA Today piece, Guitar Hero 5 owners will be allowed to import up to 35 Guitar Hero: World Tour tracks to their new game. For a charge. “Immediately, players can import 35 songs from Guitar Hero World Tour for 280 points on Xbox Live and $3.50 on the PlayStation Network,” said the […]

Activision has told D’toid that Guitar Hero 5 downloadable content is not compatible with World Tour. This does not mean,though, that it will not be compatible with other Hero titles. “Guitar Hero 5 downlodable content will be compatible with future Guitar Hero and Band Hero games,” a rep told the site. “However, the advancements and […]

Activision’s doling out the preorder offers for Guitar Hero 5. As you know, in the US you’ll get GH: Van Halen free when you preorder, but now comes word that UK gets World Tour for free. All you have to do is preorder the Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle to get the game. Mind you, […]

If you hadn’t heard, Guitar Hero 5’s set to finally include a song importing feature. This means that your golden oldies from GH: World Tour and GH: Smash Hits can be transferred to GH5, which is obviously pretty cool. So, how’s it going to work? Joystiq recently got the full scoop. On Xbox 360 and […]

Acti Blizz has reported that over 34 million songs have been downloaded for the Guitar Hero franchise, and over 14 million bits of user-created content have been made through Guitar Hero: World Tour. The company, speaking in its Q1 earnings call today, said that because of the popularity of music games, the genre is now […]

Three new downloadable track packs are coming to Guitar Hero: World Tour from Ferret Music, Metal Blade Records, P!nk, Angels & Airwaves and OneRepublic. On May 7, three free tracks are coming with the Ferret/Metal Blade Track Pack which includes the Devil Wears Prada’s “Dez Moines”, Chimaira’s “On Broken Glass,” and Unearth’s “Grave of Opportunity”. […]

Guitar Hero fans are being asked to cast their votes onlineto determine the order songs will be revealed for Guitar Hero: Smash Hits. It’s no longer titled Greatest Hits, in case you didn’t notice. Previously announced tracks can be found here. Read on for the press release.

As per headline, Activision has revealed its DLC list for April that includes Pixies, Nirvana and Motörhead. The Pixies tracks include the seminal Debaser and Monkey Gone to Heaven, whilst the Nirvana tracks are Very Ape, Sappy & Stay Away. If you like strumming you bass guitar then you can sing along with Lemmy to […]

Gamasutra has figured out the sales of all three versions of Guitar Hero: World Tour, namely the standalone game, the complete bundle and the guitar bundle. From October 2008 to January 2009, the full band kit was purchased by 41 percent of buyers, the guitar bundle by 35 percent, and the standalone game by 24 […]

Get ready for loads of new music for Guitar Hero: World Tour this month, with track packs from Queen, Jimi Hendrix, and various European bands getting ready for lift off. March 5 – European Track Pack 3 Les Rita Mitsoukos – C’est Comme Ca (France) The Rasmus – IN the Shadows (Finland) Vanilla Sky – […]

There are no plans for a patch to allow the use of wireless Lips microphones in Guitar Hero World Tour, Activision confirmed to VG247 today. It was announced last year that Rock Band would be patched to support the peripherals. Guitar Hero World Tour comes with a wired microphone that doesn’t even have jazzy flashing […]

Guitar Hero: World Tour gets a dose of Wings today for both PS3 and 360. Tracks from the Paul and Linda McCartney band encompass various albums and include Jet, Hi Hi Hi, and Junior’s Farm. Each will run you 160 MS Points ($2.00) or 440 ($5.50) for the track pack.

Activision has just unveiled just what songs you can download for Guitar Hero World Tour in February. As the headline states, Wings will be there, along with Incubus and Ryan Adams. The magic doesn’t end there however, as we’re promised songs from The Shins and Bob Seger. There are three track packs to choose from: […]

Major Nelson informs us that a Guitar Hero World Tour song bundle containing tunes from Australian artists, aptly titled ‘The Aussie Track Pack’, is now available for download. As per the norm, the track pack costs 440 MS Points and individual tracks from Aussie artists like Wolfmother and The Vines cost 160 Points each. Full […]

The Major has announced that Guitar Hero: World Tour owners can download the Travis Barker Track Pack today for 440 MS Points or 160 Points per song. Drummer Barker is best known for his work with US neu-Punk group, Blink 182. Hit the link for all the details. By Mike Bowden

Activision Blizzard has announced that Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen is heading to Guitar Hero World Tour with an a two track pack that includes new single My Lucky Day, and the all time classic of all time, Born to Run. The content will be released alongside his new album, Working on a Dream on January […]

Call of Duty: World at War is celebrating a month at the top of the UK charts, MCV writes. The Activision shooter’s looking good for Christmas number one, although FIFA refuses to drop off, taking third place this week. Last week’s chart here. Data below for the week ending December 6. Call of Duty: World […]

Guitar Hero as a franchise is “reaching its peak”, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich claimed today in a research note. “Currently, we expect unit sales to decline by more than 50 percent series-over-series for November. This is coming off the October month where series-over-series units declined by more than 60 percent,” said Divnich, speaking ahead of […]